What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39718 and 39738?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39718 and 39738 is 2.

GCF(39718,39738) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39718 and 39738, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39718 and 39738.

How to find the GCF of 39718 and 39738?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39718 and 39738. After we will calculate the factors of 39718 and 39738 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39718

Prime factors of 39718 are 2, 7, 2837. Prime factorization of 39718 in exponential form is:

39718 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2837¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39738

Prime factors of 39738 are 2, 3, 37, 179. Prime factorization of 39738 in exponential form is:

39738 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 39718

List of positive integer factors of 39718 that divides 39718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2837, 5674, 19859

Step-4: Factors of 39738

List of positive integer factors of 39738 that divides 39718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 111, 179, 222, 358, 537, 1074, 6623, 13246, 19869

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39718 and 39738. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39718 and 39738 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39718 and 39738